This is a horribly cheesy, yet oddly fun movie starring the wrestler Roddy Piper. It boasts one of the longest, most tedious, fight scenes *ever* in a film. My favorite line features Roddy walking into a bank full of concealed aliens. He walks in and to get everyone's attention, he utters this c...

You simply must see these images. It’s a pictorial of “life” in the “Democratic” Republic of Congo. As in many African countries, long-running civil wars between enemy tribes take an almost unbelievable human toll. The photos in this pictorial show what a truly miserabl...

At least, not yet. I installed the Safari 4 beta this morning to check the compatibility of my MiddleClickClose extension. As someone else noted, it doesn’t work. I poked it a bit to see what I could see, but it’s still not loading. I don’t have time right now to try to figure it o...

Ball-point Pen You always need a pen. I don’t like not having a pen. I really hate it when I let someone borrow my pen, and they keep it! Multi-tip screwdriver How many times have you needed a screwdriver, but didn’t have one? Or needed a flathead but only had a Philips? I had to MacGyve...

We went to my mother-in-law’s house this weekend, because my wife was singing at her mom’s church yesterday morning. We had a nice time, and had some great Southern cooking for dinner yesterday. But on the hour-and-a-half drive home, tragedy struck: my iPod started dying. We were happily...

There’s a meme making the rounds on Twitter and Friendfeed where you share twenty-five things about yourself. Always ready to join in, though usually late to the game, I offer up my list. I can read Koine Greek. I can play the Great Highland Bagpipe. I can play a bit of mandolin. I love to coo...

We have a Wii. We’ve had it pretty much since they hit the market. We love it, yes Wii do. Except for one thing: the unbelievably small amount of internal storage the thing has. It only has 512M of storage that is used for game save data. For people who don’t have a lot of games, that...

A few months ago I heard that the august leaders of Gwinnett County, GA (where I live) had decided that we’re all too stupid to decide for ourselves who we want hauling our trash. In an effort to assist us with our daily lives, they decided that they would administer all trash hauling in uninc...

Picture it. Friday night. 22:45. Outside Atlanta, GA. Cold. The wife and I were watching the final episodes of Season One of Burn Notice. Killer show. From the other room came a howl of consternation. Thomas gave it to me straight, “Dad! Can you check our Internet connection? Every website I t...

The election is finally over, and The Messiah has been elected. I had known for at least two months that McCain didn’t have a prayer of winning but now that it’s official, well, it pretty much sucks. Actually, it’s not truly official until the Electoral College delegates vote and t...